Controller

Abstract

A controller for a display panel includes a detector, a timing controller, and a voltage generator. The detector detects a predetermined pattern in an image signal. The timing controller generates a control signal based on detection of the pattern. The voltage generator changes at least one driving voltage for a display panel from a first level to a second level based on the control signal. The predetermined pattern may correspond to at least one region having a predetermined arrangement of at least first and second gray scale values of pixels in an image corresponding to the image signal.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A controller, comprising:
 a detector to detect a pattern in an image signal; 
 a timing controller to generate a control signal based on detection of the pattern; and 
 a voltage generator to change at least one driving voltage for a display panel from a first level to a second level based on the control signal, wherein the pattern corresponds to at least one region having a predetermined arrangement of at least first and second gray scale values of pixels in an image corresponding to the image signal, and wherein the timing controller is to generate a compensation signal to at least partially offset a reduction in brightness when the at least one driving voltage is changed from the first level to the second level. 
 
     
     
       2. The controller as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the voltage generator is to:
 output one or more first gamma values when the at least one driving voltage is changed from the first level to the second level, and 
 output one or more second gamma values when the at least one driving voltage is set to the first level. 
 
     
     
       3. The controller as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the predetermined arrangement includes a checkerboard arrangement of the first and second gray scale values. 
     
     
       4. The controller as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the predetermined arrangement includes alternating first and second blocks, and wherein:
 the first block includes one or more rows or columns of pixels all having the first gray scale value, and 
 the second block includes one or more rows or columns of pixels all having the second gray scale value. 
 
     
     
       5. The controller as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the at least one region corresponds to less than all pixels of the image, and wherein voltage generator is to:
 change a first driving voltage for a first region of the display panel that includes the pattern, the first driving voltage changed from the first level to the second level, and 
 set a second driving voltage at the first level for a second region of the display panel outside the first region, wherein the second region does not include the pattern. 
 
     
     
       6. An apparatus, comprising:
 a generator to generate a first signal and at least one second signal based on detection of a predetermined pattern in an image signal; and 
 an adjuster to adjust at least one voltage of a display panel based on the first signal and the at least one second signal, wherein the at least one second signal is to control offset of a change of a parameter of the display panel based on the first signal. 
 
     
     
       7. The apparatus as claimed in  claim 6 , wherein:
 the parameter is to decrease based on the first signal, and 
 the parameter is to increase based on the at least one second signal. 
 
     
     
       8. The apparatus as claimed in  claim 6 , wherein the parameter is brightness. 
     
     
       9. The apparatus as claimed in  claim 6 , wherein the at least one voltage is to control a data driver of the display panel. 
     
     
       10. The apparatus as claimed in  claim 6 , wherein the generator is to generate a plurality of second signals to selectively control offset of the change in the parameter in different regions of the display panel based on the first signal.